101 woonideeen

I am so thrilled that 'theirs was a love story'

is the typewriter photo used on the 'We've got mail' page 

in the November issue of the gorgeous Dutch magazine 101 woonideeen.  

The wonderful editors even sent me a copy, all the way here to New Zealand.  

Although I couldn' t read it, the pictures are beautiful and the interiors - oh my!  

Thank you 101 woonideeen!

Artful Blogging

The Autumn issue of Artful Blogging is out now,

and oh my, it is full of beautiful photos and amazing articles.

To say I am thrilled to have been asked to participate is an understatement.

Here's how it happened....

 

A few months ago, the lovely editor, Jennifer Jackson Taylor, emailed me 

and asked if I would be interested in being included.

'Wow, yes, of course' I said!

And I was asked to write an article.

um, me, write?  

My first instinct was to say thank you, but no.

Too afraid to write, to be rejected.

But, I realised there comes a point where you have to push your own boundaries.

To try something, and if you fail, well it isn't a failure, but a lesson learnt.

And if you succeed, then that is exhilarating.

So I sat down the next afternoon and wrote.

Basically I wrote about not being a writer, but having a blog, 

and being ok with who you are in this blogging world.

It is titled 'The Daydreaming Girl'

I skim read it back to myself, and emailed it off.  

And was so surprised when I received such a positive, warm response from Jennifer.

 

And so, here we are, the issue is out now,

that is my blossom photo on the cover,

and my article (8 pages!!!!) is nestled in amongst all the other gorgeous, breathtakingly beautiful articles.

This has been a definite highlight of my journey so far.  

Sometimes I post things over on Facebook, and forget to add them here.  

I like adding little moments of celebration here to the blog, 

it helps me to remember the steps along my journey.  

This month, in the latest issue of Your Home and Garden (June NZ),

Susie Ripley the owner and director of Eden Ripley, Image Boutique 

(the wonderful company I licence a selection of work to ~ 

if you see my work as framed prints, photo blocks or jewellery in shops here in NZ, 

it is there under the Eden Ripley brand), had her house featured.  

That's Susie on the cover!  Her house is just gorgeous.

On one of the walls you could see my 'You and Me' print at the end of the hallway, 

and a portion of my 'She Dreamt she could Fly' photo above the desk.

And how amazing to have the 'You and Me' photo in the middle of the Make it Work page as well!!  

I was really excited, as you can probably imagine. 

An Interview for the Wairarapa Times Age

Earlier in the week, I was emailed asking if I would like to be interviewed for the Arts Section of the Wairarapa Times Age.  Quite nervously, I said yes.  It was lovely, chatting to reporter Sarah Hardie over a cup of tea felt like chatting to a friend, it wasn't at all as scary as I had thought.  I am thrilled to have been asked, and thank you to Sarah for writing such a lovely article!  If you are in the Wairarapa, the article is in today's paper (Friday December 9th, and there is a little photo of me on the front of the paper as well!)

Home Beautiful

Just before we moved from Melbourne, I had an email from Home Beautiful magazine, about including my photos 'The Vintage Cameras' in a photo shoot for an upcoming magazine.  I was, as you can imagine, bursting with excitement. And then nearly bursting with impatience, to see if they would make the final edition. 

Over the weekend, the wonderful Melinda from Here we go Loopy Lou sent me a note and a photo of the page to end the suspense - thank you Melinda!  I was hoping for a tiny square somewhere on a shopping page, not for them to be up on the wall like this on a full page photo!  WOW.   I am over the moon.  OVER. THE. MOON.

So my Vintage Cameras get 15 minutes of fame - in the October 2010 issue of Home Beautiful, out now in Australia, and out at the end of September in New Zealand. 

And Sarah - thank you, for posting me a copy of the mag.  I do love how wonderful friends and the online community all looks out for one another.  xx